When to plant eggplants in Münster: 1 June – 1 August

In Münster, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 12 March to 2 June; plant into a greenhouse from 11 May to 1 August; plant out into open ground from 1 June to 1 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Gartencenter Kersting (garden centre, 5 km) and Geräteservice Halsband (farm supply, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Eggplant in Münster: soil, season and weather

In Münster the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 1 June, 47 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	1 June, 47 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	11 May – 1 August; May outside: 8.8 °C at night, 19.2 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	21 November, 173 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 10 October
Days left for picking	103
Daylight	13:00 on 2 April, 16:23 on 1 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 13 rainy days

The same dates in Münster hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Eggplant in Münster: care after planting

Planted on 1 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

1 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
29 June — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of eggplant to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Münster during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 24.1 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: September (20.4 °C), October (15.4 °C) and November (9.5 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 3.9 °C to 14.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.3	13.3	74	12	16:42
July	23.6	14.2	70	13	16:17
August	24.1	14.5	60	13	14:42
September	20.4	11.5	60	11	12:43
October	15.4	8.7	74	14	10:44
November	9.5	3.9	63	13	8:51

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Eggplant in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant eggplant later than Münster; the closest date is in Bochum, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dortmund	51 km	5 June – 27 July	4 days later
Bochum	60 km	3 June – 31 July	2 days later
Bielefeld	62 km	5 June – 29 July	4 days later
Essen	70 km	3 June – 1 August	2 days later
Duisburg	84 km	3 June – 2 August	2 days later
Düsseldorf	100 km	3 June – 1 August	2 days later

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Münster

Buy plants ready to set out from 1 June to 1 August (from 11 May to 1 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 March to 2 June. Within 15 km of Münster OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 16 markets and 42 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Gartencenter Kersting — garden centre
Haus Uhlenkotten 2 · 5 km
Mühlenbetrieb Bernhard Bruland — farm supply
Hovestraße 32, 48351 Everswinkel · Tue, Thu, Fri 09:00–12:30, 13:30–17:00; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 15 km · muehle-everswinkel.de
Geräteservice Halsband — farm supply
Rüschhausweg 270, 48161 Münster · Mon–Fri 08:00–13:00, 14:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–13:00 · 5 km · geraeteservice-halsband.de
Raiffeisen-Markt — farm supply
Hans-Geiger-Straße 36, 48291 Telgte · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–15:00 · 10 km · raiffeisen-muenster-land.de

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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